Archive for the 'Health' Category
Symphony of the Soil
February 16th, 2014Via: Symphony of the Soil: Drawing from ancient knowledge and cutting edge science, Symphony of the Soil is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil. By understanding the elaborate relationships and mutuality between soil, water, the atmosphere, plants and animals, we come to appreciate the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource. The […]
Push for Legal Pot Worldwide
February 15th, 2014Via: AP: In a former colonial mansion in Jamaica, politicians huddle to discuss trying to ease marijuana laws in the land of the late reggae musician and cannabis evangelist Bob Marley. In Morocco, one of the world’s top producers of the concentrated pot known as hashish, two leading political parties want to legalize its cultivation, […]
That Chemical Subway Ditched? Yep, It’s Everywhere
February 12th, 2014Via: CNBC: This week, Subway found out customers don’t like eating a chemical found in yoga mats, shoe rubber and synthetic leather. After one blogger’s petition against azodicarbonamide generated widespread uproar, the sandwich chain announced plans to remove the ingredient from its bread. Currently, its 9-grain wheat, Italian white and sourdough breads contain it. “We […]
Frack the Drought
February 6th, 2014Via: USA Today: The USA’s domestic energy boom is increasing demands on water supplies already under pressure from drought and growing populations, a new report says. The water-intensive process used to extract oil and gas from shale underground — known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking — has required almost 100 billion gallons of water to […]
Professor Tyrone Hayes, Atrazine and Syngenta
February 5th, 2014That atrazine is dangerous is just the opener. The PSYOP that Syngenta is running against Hayes is incredible. Via: The New Yorker: Hayes published his atrazine work in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a year and a half after quitting the panel. He wrote that what he called “hermaphroditism” was induced in […]
Worldwide Cancer Cases Expected to Soar by 70% Over Next 20 Years
February 3rd, 2014Via: Guardian: Cancer cases worldwide are predicted to increase by 70% over the next two decades, from 14m in 2012 to 25m new cases a year, according to the World Health Organisation. The latest World Cancer Report says it is implausible to think we can treat our way out of the disease and that the […]
XStat for Gunshot Wounds
February 3rd, 2014Via: Popular Science: When a soldier is shot on the battlefield, the emergency treatment can seem as brutal as the injury itself. A medic must pack gauze directly into the wound cavity, sometimes as deep as 5 inches into the body, to stop bleeding from an artery. It’s an agonizing process that doesn’t always work–if […]
The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
January 29th, 2014Via: io9: Towards the end of World War II, word got through that certain people in occupied territories were eating a near-starvation diet. American researchers wanted to study the effects of starvation, so they recruited volunteers – and starved them some more. The Minnesota Starvation Experiment pretty much lived up to its name. It was […]
Scientists Find Ancient Plague DNA in Teeth
January 27th, 2014Via: AP: Scientists say two of the deadliest pandemics in history were caused by strains of the same plague and warn that new versions of the bacteria could spark future outbreaks. Researchers found tiny bits of DNA in the teeth of two German victims killed by the Justinian plague about 1,500 years ago. With those […]
Britain: Genetically-Modified Purple Tomatoes Heading for Shops
January 24th, 2014Via: BBC: The prospect of genetically modified purple tomatoes reaching the shelves has come a step closer. Their dark pigment is intended to give tomatoes the same potential health benefits as fruit such as blueberries. Developed in Britain, large-scale production is now under way in Canada with the first 1,200 litres of purple tomato juice […]
